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HARRY W. PAPE, or CINCINNATI, eine.

VENDlNGMACHlN.

'SPECIFIGATION forming partpf Letters Patent No. 661,1 30, datedNovember 6, 19M).

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vTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY 'W. PAPE, aciti Zen of the United States,residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio,have invented cert-ain newand useful Improvements in.Vending-Machines;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention,. such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to vending-machines.

One of its objects is to provide an improvedv and reliablevending-machine adapted to vend cigars, cigarettes, and other objectswithout injury thereto. .-f

Another object is to provide an improved manner of packing the articlesto be vended.

My invention also consists in certain detail arrangements andcombinations, all of ,which will b e fully described in connection withthe accompanying drawings, in which- Fgure-l is a sectional diagramtaken on line fu 'u of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a section on line a: :cof Fig.l.A Fig. 3 is a plan view of a section of the papel' cigar-feedingribbon. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the ribbon-severing blades; Fig. 5 is aplan View' of one of the coin-connected clutch-disks. Figs; 6, 7, and 8are detail views of the coin-chute Vand its coinselective mechanism.

A represents the casing or frame of the machine, which' has acompartment B to receive the cigar-box and is provided with openings b,through which the box or package may be examined. These spaces may beleft open, but are preferably closed by glass panels 2. The cigars 3aremounted upon a ribbon 4 and packed in the box C, as shown in Fig. 1.The main shaft 5 carries a roller 6, over which the ribbon is drawn andfed forward by the revolition of the shaft, preferably by means ofAteeth 7 engaging slots or openings 8 inthe ribhonf` j 9 representsguide-rollers between which thetribbon passes.

lO'represents a secondary shaft driven by means ofgeaxspll and 12 fromthe main shaft.

13 representsblades upon opposite sides of improvements in the shaft 10,which as the shafts are turned` enter slots 14 in the roll 6 and severthe ribbon, allowing the cigars successively to drop down tothe'position shown in dotted line, Fig. 1, where they may be reached bythe consumer.

The shafts and l0 are preferably turned to'discharge acigr by thefollowing coinconlrolled instrnmentalities. y

Y 15 represents a crank-arm secured to the enter end of the sleeve 16,which at its inner end carries a clutch-disk 17, provided with a seriesof notches 18, located in the 'face thereof. rlhis sleeve, disk, andcrank-arm are normally free to turn upon the shaft 5 without turning theshaft.

19 represents a clutch-disk secured to the shaft 5 to turn therewith.This disk is provided'vvith notches 20, registering with the notches 18and having beveled faces 21, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5.

22 represents a spring-pawl secu red to the partition 23 and with itsfree end resting against the beveled faces 21. i

24represents a coin-chute adapted to receivethe coins N-say nickels.

As shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, 25 represents a gate pivoted at one sideof the coinchute and normally occupying the position shown in Figs. 7and 8, in which positionit is normally held by spring 26, but from whichposition it is moved by the pins 27 into the position in Fig. 6.

When the parts are in the position shown in Figs. 7 and 8, if a nickelis dropped into the 'chute it lodges, as shown in full lines, beingarrested by the ear 28. 'If a smaller coin-a cent,l for instance-isdropped into the chute, it is not arrest'ed by the ear 28, but slipsdown, as indicated at 29 by dotted lines, and passes out through theside opening 30. A-n'ickel having been dropped into the chute andarrested, as shown, it will upon turning the crank-arn1 be released atthe proper instant by the pin 27 engaging the lever 31 to shift the gate25, whereupon the coin drops into the slots 1S 20 in the clutch-disksand locks them together, so that the further forward movement of thecrankearm feeds the shafts 5 10 forward a sufficient distance to sever asection of the ribbon and deliver the 'var or cigars.. As-the'disk illturns, t-hespringlpawl IOO 23 rides up the inclined fece 21,tnd et theproper point the pewl springs into the notch containing the coin andknocks the coin out sif'iewise, so thet it falls into tbe coin-comnpertinent 32, and the clntchnislie ere aga-in disconnected.

represents a groove in the face of the roll 6, into which the tongue 34of the casing projects toessist or insure the tripping of the ribbonfrom the roll.

35 represents metal journal-bearings eecnred to the inside of theerasing.

36 represents a Windev! through which the article about c be deliveredeen be exami ned.

The ribbon is preferably composed of peper and may be variously znodiedto heini the articles without depnrring fromthe principle of myinvention. As shown in Fig. E, the articles are held in 'piece on theribbon by means or" one or more straps el, which (ire preferably loopedeverfthe articles and cured to the main ribbon by peste. It Wiil :alsobe apparent that the blades may be emplayed to sever or release thearticle from the ribbon instead of eevering the ribbon, if dein preseneeof l-Wn witnesses.

4 'izilly es specified.

2. In n wending apparatus, e. compartment edap'ed te receive and displaythe original package, :t ribbon to which the erticlee tglbe vendee mesecured, e roller over which ribbon is fedz and means substztntiallws'tespecified for successively severing the ribbing' and delivering thearticles, snbetant'lgiiy es, spcciecl.

ln'tcstilnony whereof i eix my signet/nre -iliiziti' W. 'Witnesses C. W.Mimes, OLIVER B. Ennemi.

